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Record Nr.

UNISA996387700403316

Autore

Ayres John <fl. 1680-1700.>

Titolo

The new a-la-mode secretarie: or, Practical pen-man [[electronic resource]] : a new copy-book. Wherein the bastard Italians, commonly called the new-a-la-mode, round hands, mixt running hands, and mixt secretary's, are so mod[el'd] and composed, as to dispatch business with facility and neatness. Written with much variety, and performed according to the nature, freedom, and tendency of the pen. / / By John Ayres .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Sold by Hen. Hatley ... Sam. Crouch ... and Ben. Alsop ..., [1682]

Descrizione fisica

[6] p., [25] leaves of plates : ill

Soggetti

Penmanship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Date of publication from Wing (2nd ed.).

First published (1680) under title: A la mode secretarie or Practical pen-man.

Added title-page, engraved, has title "The Ala mode secretarie or Practical pen-man".

Plates engraved by John Sturt.

Cf. Heal, Ambrose. The English writing-masters and their copy-books, 1570-1800. London, 1931, p. 150, no. 1.

Imperfect: cropped, with loss of print from t.p.

Reproduction of original in: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0189